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[Nexus 4 Android Development] daisymone:
im using trintiy now.. so yout think i should switch to faux,,, how is the battery life on it because trinity is pretty good. but i guess that could solve my issues so ill try it
[Nexus 4 Android Development] daisymone:
feature request can we have the ability to add more thing to the nav ring.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Re: [ROM][JB][4.2.2][CM10.1 + MiUi]Avatar ROM for LG Nexus 4(mako) -Updated [Mar 15,2

Battery is fine for me, doesn't mean it will be the same for you but worth a try.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Android Development] android88:
In the mean time, you can build the ROM yourself and cherry-pick that feature ;).
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Anon9mouz:
Re: [ROM][JB][4.2.2][CM10.1 + MiUi]Avatar ROM for LG Nexus 4(mako) -Updated [Mar 15,2

How did u convert the mtz files and how are u able to make it like miui I'm curious BC I port miui for the sprint gnex

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[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Its very tedious at the moment. We pick each theme and work on it. It takes 3-5 days to complete each theme. Going forward we will automate it using a theme creator tool.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
ChangeLog (Mar 25, 2013)

03/25/2013 - AvatarROM 2.4b (CM10.1)

Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.4b release( upto Mar 22nd 2013)

Two new themes (MiUi v5 and Pink theme)

Weebo and status bar fixes.

Weebo adding actions in log.

Performance improvements in animations.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Re: [ROM][JB][4.2.2][CM10.1 + MiUi]Avatar ROM for LG Nexus 4(mako) -Updated [Mar 25,2

Will there be an OTA package? Coz its a right pain in the *ss to flash a full rom and then sort out all the customizations and setup etc.

Maybe you can just release a zip with the differences via the downloads links??

Sent from my GT-P7510
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Re: [ROM][JB][4.2.2][CM10.1 + MiUi]Avatar ROM for LG Nexus 4(mako) -Updated [Mar 25,2

Its almost done. Next update will be via OTA.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] vibos:
Can some one post a video or screenshots pack with miui5 theme? Im using now MiHome with default v5 theme on paranoidandroid and fully satisfied but i cant use miui lockscreen because of password protection activated. So... What i ask you to show: Tablet UI + Lockscreen + Original MIUI v5 theme. Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Can you suggest a way for us to update to the latest, that doesn't nuke all the settings and remove gapps etc etc?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
No wipe is required if you are running previous version of avatar rom. Flash the latest image and gapps and you should be good to go.

No settings will be changed and everything will remain intact.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] tulongest:
Are the gapps also affected by the theming?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
That's what I did last time, hence my asking about an OTA package or update ZIP for this time. It made such a mess of everything that it took a few days to get all the various apps back into a working state. One unexpected issue was that it removed all the updates for any of the gapps (of which there were quite a few) which then needed to be downloaded again. Happy to try again and post my experiences for others to learn from :D

Edit: So I did as I was told ;) and things worked out well. Here's what I did;

Download the latest Avatar ROM from the OP.

Important: Download the latest GApps from the OP.

Boot into recovery, choose to install zip from sdcard

Find the Avatar ZIP, flash it. *Do not reboot*

Find the GApps ZIP, flash it.

Bonus points: Find your kernel ZIP, flash it.

Reboot

...

Profit!

On my previous upgrade, I rebooted between flashing the ROM and flashing the GApps. That's what destroyed the previously-downloaded updates and the associated app information like my GMail accounts.

Looking good guys!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Some of it is. Fonts, some of the icons. Button colour schemes.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] techfanatic9:
Here's a ROM Review of Avatar ROM for Nexus 4!

Also the OP can put the video on the main thread if he would like to.

[YOUTUBE]9_tmms7Nyrc[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Thanks for the review. Added to the first post.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
ChangeLog (Mar 31, 2013)

03/31/2013 - AvatarROM 2.5b Release

Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.5b release(upto Mar 28th 2013)

Included new theme chooser based on Aptoide(Alpha release)

Lockscreen - Enable/Disable vibration when unlocking from settings -> Lockscreen -> Screen Security -> Vibrate

Launcher - Option to edit workspace in menu

Weebo - Bug fixes and now you can create your own rules (see - http://avatarrom.com/weebo-rules/)

OTA - Full support from client side. Next update will be via OTA.

General bug fixes
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Re: [ROM][JB][4.2.2][CM10.1 + MiUi]Avatar ROM for LG Nexus 4(mako) -Updated [Mar 31,2

Installed via ota download. Works.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Shhh... OTA is supposed to be released for next week. How did you find the installation process via OTA ?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Re: [ROM][JB][4.2.2][CM10.1 + MiUi]Avatar ROM for LG Nexus 4(mako) -Updated [Mar 31,2

Well it was a full ROM of 179mb, which I wasn't expecting but you did say next week so I suspected it was a mistake :)

I got a notification, so i checked it out. It downloaded fine, even at that size (via WiFi though). Install worked fine, I took the option to download for later install so no surprises. Overall, no issues.

I'm expecting subsequent OTA zip's to be a minimal zip with just the changes, is that right?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
The Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of weebo app. It is a Tasker like application which can automate tasks for your phone.

The application comes with pre-defined set of 20 common rules but you can add your own rules in sdcard (/mnt/sdcard/weebo) and it will be automatically picked up by the application. To activate a rule, click on the corresponding rule (rule will get highlighted)

The rules are simple XML files and you can find more info here.

Download link - Here (Push the apk as system app)

Example:

<rules>

<rule name=”Office enter settings” desc=”When you enter office, Switch on my WiFi”>

<conditions>

<wifi state=”off”/>

<location state=”enter” name=”work” />

</conditions>

<actions>

<wifi state=”on”/>

</actions>

</rule>

There is lot of work going on to make the app better and your feeddback will help us a lot.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] ddz334:
awesomeness at its utmost..Thank you
[Nexus 4 Android Development] ddz334:
Change log of 2.6
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
OTA notification for 2.6b is up but no changelog in the OTA, and no changelog here.

Can you advise please? And we really need the changelog via OTA if possible...
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Will post the change log today.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Change log for 2.6b Release (Apr 6, 2013)

Full support for OTA (See instructions below)

Merged with latest CM 10.1 base (Upto Apr 3rd, 2013 - Includes Paranoid style pie control, new Super user app etc)

Changes in the framework to redirect trebuchet and android launcher resources from CM themes to Bazooka launcher

Fixed launcher menu settings in app space

New ThemeChooser - Bug fixes, Performace improvements and new features like download count, caching etc

Performance improvements in theming engine

Weebo fixes

Disabled driving rule in weebo as it was causing lot of confusions

Instructions for OTA download:

If you are using avatar rom, go to settings, about phone, avatar updates and click on refresh. You will get 2.6b version of avatar rom and new gapps package. Download and install both (ROM followed by Gapps).

Sit back and wait for few minutes as phone will automatically go into recovery and install the ROM.

ROM Images are hosted on Amazon S3 and hence download speed should be fast and hassle free.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] X0LARIUM:
thats awesome!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] yabbandroid:
Great Rom. I dirty-flashed this accidentally over AOKP 4.2.1 and it's running with no issues at all, I am very happy with it. Thanks! :good:
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
New theme Elegant

Here we go and our new theme Elegant for our Avatar ROM users and the same is available in our new theme chooser. Please have a look attached screenshots.

We are working on more themes and planning to release a theme every week.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] lcesser:
Man, this rom is so cool. All working perfectly, and a theme chooser with Miui themes. Highly recommended, thanks for the devs. ;):good:
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
I can't find this theme in the theme managers, has it been pulled?

Can you maybe provide a direct link to the APK for us to download it?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Sort the list of themes by newest and it should be available. Will upload the apk after i reach home.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
No need, it's there now. Thanks!

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Avatar Theme Creator Tool

Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of Theme creator tool. It is a QT based desktop application to edit themes.

Themes created using this tool are compatible with Avatar ROM and Cyanogen ROM. Similarly you can edit both Avatar Themes and Cyanogen themes.

Download the theme apk and open it using the theme creator tool. You will see a screen to edit the resources. After editing the resources, save the apk and install on the device.

What you can do with this tool ?

1. There are 1000's of resources that can be themed in Android. We change only a small set of them and if you want to theme more resources you can use this tool.

2. We make some mistakes when creating a theme. Eg: SMS time stamp color was not proper in some of our themes. You can now use this tool to fix it.

3. We cannot satify all the users with a theme. Eg: If you want to have a darker orange shade in denim theme you can now do it using this tool.

4. You can import an existing theme, change some of the resources we modified and you have a brand new theme.

Upcoming features:

1. Ability to create a new theme from scratch.

2. Import MiUi mtz theme file and convert it to theme apk which is compatible with AvatarROM and CyanogenROM.

3. Upload your new themes to our server so it can be used by other AvatarROM users.

4. Html5 based new theme creator tool which is more elegant and user friendly.

Download links

Windows - Link

Linux - Link

Mac - Link

As always we love to hear your feedbacks and comments. You might feel little lost with all the resources that are in Android world and we are on standby to help.

If you create a new theme and want to upload to our server, send us a PM and we will give access for you to upload the theme.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Awesome! Many of the themes don't work perfectly because of a small text/contrast issue, so this will be great!

I'm looking forward to using this, and the upcoming features in the future.

Question: with specific theme problems, like text color problems, do you want feedback on those?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
We would love to hear feedback on those small problems because it is tough for us to test on every component of the theme. We will release an update the theme for this kind of issues.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Sample theme apks

As per the requests we received for sample themes, we have uploaded some theme apks in below link.

http://avatarrom.com/theme-editor/

Now you can try using Theme creator tool, customize your Avatar ROM theme and make your own Avatar :)
[Nexus 4 Android Development] lightninbug:
About to flash this rom for the first time...Is there an update on the horizon? Should I hold off flashing? IF NOT HERE WE GO!! :good::cyclops:
[Nexus 4 Android Development] BigBT:
An amazing rom.

Imo the best nexus 4 rom.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] hellrokr:
just out of curosity, waht will happen if we install your theme apk to a non avatar rom nexus??
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
04/19/2013 - AvatarROM 2.7b Release

Merged with CM 10.1 M3 build( 14th April )

Changed Error Reporter to send requests to server instead of a google document

New Theme Chooser fixes

Weebo fixes

Support for layout theming

Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA. Go to Settings-> About Phone-> Avatar updates and hit the refresh button.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] ridearoundsolo:
How's the process coming on the bazooka launcher? Any major updates coming out for that?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of Layout Themeing.

We all have seen how themes change images, icons, drawables, colors etc. But this is the first time you will see how a theme can change the position of UI elements (buttons, labels, etc). Never before an attempt like this was made in the history of Android.

Eg: "Close all apps" button in the recent apps list is on the top-right corner. If you are a left handed user, reaching the top-right corner on a 5 inch phone is not easy. With layout theming, you can move the position from top-right to left-bottom.

Demo:

Lets take up a simple example. We have seen different version of dialer in different operating system. By applying a theme, we can now have the exact same dialer in Android. Not only the buttons look the same, it is also positioned at the exact location.

System UI (System app) - Link

Iphone style (Theme) - Link

Circular dialer (Theme) - Link

Blackberry dialer (Theme) - Link

Recent apps (Theme)- Link

Install Instructions:

1. Push the systemUI.apk to /system/app (Eg: "adb push systemUI.apk /system/app")

2. Install the themes as any normal android application (Eg: "adb install -r iphone.apk")

3. Go to theme chooser and apply your preferred theme

4. Open the dialer and check out how look and feel changes which each theme.

Some Surprises

1. Check out the clock position on the status bar. Yes it is centered. We can move anything to anywhere.

2. In the recent apps theme, we have moved "Close all apps " in the recent apps list from top-right to bottom-left

Layout themeing will be part of AvatarROM soon and we are working on some cool concepts. We would love to hear what you want to see in layout theming. Post your ideas in our feature request page.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
I've just been playing around with this theme creator tool. Some feedback on the

Windows

version:

Errors aren't handled well, the log file gives some information but the same info isn't put through to the GUI msgbox.

The "Install to device" option should put some info in the GUI msgbox as to what it its doing. Especially now that Android 4.2.2 has a fingerprint security component, so the user must go and enable access on the device itself.

If the "Install to device" ADB command has errors, it should time out somehow.

It would be really useful to write documentation, so that we can understand where to find the various options for customisation.

I don't think the tool presents all existing customisations correctly when opening an APK. Many of the options which appear (in the ROM) to be customised appear to have no customisation visible in the ATC tool.

If you simply open an APK and then save it, the APK drops in size significantly. Is some information lost, if the tool doesn't understand it?

Some thing that I have learnt: themes are a lot of hard work!!!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] vietn95:
Hey guys, is there a way to mix the themes up besides theme creator ? because I was able to do that with old miui. But I can't figure it out how on this ROM.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Not supported as of now.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
WarmSpring Theme

Releasing one more new theme in our Avatar theme stores, check below screenshots. The same is available in our new theme chooser.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] mooondark:
Very nice theme !
[Nexus 4 Android Development] daisymone:
hey is anyone having problems with nfc beam not working. i tried with an note 2 yesterday 2 different ones and it wouldnt work
[Nexus 4 Android Development] porkchopbolt:
I've noticed that trying to set a lock screen wallpaper doesn't work. Anyone else have this issue?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] BigBT:
Themes not loading or downloading. Please fix.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Stero!:
Nice work! Bit, 2 things... The first, some themes are bugged, the sense-like for example, in lockscreen the camera shortcut doesn't work... And in settings >input I tried to change the language but it crashed. BTW, great work, keep it up guys! :)

EDIT: It would be great if we can mix theme as in a real miui :) thanks again!

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Mixing themes functionality will be coming in future release. Will check out other bugs you mentioned. Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
04/27/2013 - AvatarROM 2.8b Release

Merged CM changes till 24th April ( includes Camera driver fixes for lot of devices )

Bazooka Launcher

Fixed some critical issues reported in previous build.

Added Gestures in workspace. A settings page also added to configure gesture actions. Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added. Different actions for each of the gesture can be set in preference.

Added ""edit workspace"" option in menu button.

Removed ""pinch to preview mode"". This option is currently disabled for some issues as we can go to preview mode through many other ways. It will be added later.

Many new Customization options."

Lockscreen

Fixed a bug

Fixed Settings crash on Input Method

Fixed Version Number problem in Error Reporter

Theme Chooser

Removed Old theme chooser

enabled Total download count of themes

Sorting themes based on download count

Sorting themes based on date

Settings App now launches the new Theme chooser

if you are updating from an older version of Avatar to 2.8b without a wipe. You will have to clear data of Bazooka Launcher

Under settings, Apps -> all apps -> bazooka -> clear data...

If you are moving from an old Avatar build to 2.8b without a wipe

Try clearing data of Bazooka

Drag down Status bar -> Toggles page -> Settings -> Apps -> All -> Bazooka -> Clear data
[Nexus 4 Android Development] daisymone:
Do u have to wipe even if u don't use that launcher
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Stero!:
Wow great update! The last build seems don't have bugs (however I'll report back if I find some), and all themes work. Even if we can't mix them, the theme manager is definitely better now. Thanks :)

EDIT: camera shortcut on lockscreen (theme misense) still doesn't work :/

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Android Development] dorsalsk:
Find the latest theme creator tool at this thread xda-link

Changelog:

Added font support

Added boot animation support (only on Avatar ROM)

Better handling on connected devices for installing themes

Added more resources

Also added wiki page
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
I see v2.8b still has two theme choosers?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
MiStyle Theme release

Releasing one more new theme MiStyle in our Avatar theme stores, check below screenshots. The same is available in our new theme chooser.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
This looks really good, but once again I can't find it in the theme chooser? Either new or old, it's not in there.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Theme chooser is a heavily cached application. It reads from cache and displays theme related information.

Go to settings and do clear cache/data on theme chooser. After that launch the theme chooser app, go to avatar store and latest themes and you will find it there.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
2.9b release

05/04/2013 - AvatarROM 2.9b release.

CyanogenMod merges till May 2nd 2013.

SystemUI fixes during expanded desktop (the background was not covering till the end. Also portrait - landscape transition, the notifications wouldn't expand fully)

ThemeChooser : Fixes for text invisible in installed themes tab for dark themes

ThemeChooser will not handle market links anymore and Memory leak fix.

Old themechooser is removed completely.

Launcher : Fix crash without wipe & make dockbar transperant.

In OTA updater show that the gapps and rom is installed if they are installed. ( Previously it used to show new or downloaded).

Change Cyanogen Mod Updates to Avatar Updates

We have a global error reporter collecting the crashes reported by the user using ACRA. Error Reporter link
[Nexus 4 Android Development] X0LARIUM:
Looks fantastic!!

Sent from my Π Σ Χ U S 4.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] jeremysherriff:
Agreed. This is my current theme and probably the best "standard" style theme so far (ie not a movie or comic theme), due to a number of issues with the dark text on dark themes... but as this is "fixed" in v2.9b it'll be interesting to see!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] AL92:
This is a GREAT Rom!! i have made a little review on my youtube channel! :laugh:

[YOUTUBE]3g-zStFz7V4[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Stero!:
Nice review! But it's not trebuchet, it's bazooka launcher (if I don't fail...)

... And u should do an English version, per quelli che a differenza mia e tua non sono italiani :)

Btw nice work :)

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Latest theme editor

Avatar Team is proud to present the second update for Theme Editor tool. Based on the feedback, we have added option to edit avatar themes directly from the tool. There is no need to extract the theme apk from phone, copy to desktop and edit it.

Change log:

1.Download and edit themes directly from avatar server

2.Bug fixes - Fix for windows user when saving the themes.

3.Bug fixes - Fix for install directly to devices.

Linux32

Linux64

Mac OSx

Windows
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
2.10b release - change log

05/11/2013 - Avatar team is proud to present the 2.10b version based on the latest CM 10.1 RC base (Stable build).

Merged with CM 10.1 RC1 tag (May 8th, 2013)

Added more space between wifi and signal icons in status bar

Added gapps version in Error Reporter

Message Bubbles - Reset the bubbles similar to stock version bubble when not themed.

Theme Chooser - Themes now display the size of the apk.

Theme Chooser - Fixed memory leaks

Theme Chooser - Fixed download problems with some themes - cobalt blue, cobalt inferno etc

Bazooka --> Fixed Widget scolling issue when Widgets are placed on Home screen.

Bazooka --> Fixed the dockbar pages issue. You can select number of pages in Settings screen of Bazooka launcher.

Bazooka --> Other minor bug fixes.

Weebo --> Fixing the issue where files cannot be read from /mnt/sdcard/weebo folder.

Weebo --> Contact picker to make it simpler to select the contacts you want to call/send message to.

Weebo --> New categories in "All rules" callled Enabled and Disabled. This shows currently enabled/disabled rules.

Weebo --> Location exit condition bug fixed. You can now trigger actions when you leave a particular location.

Existing Avatar ROM Users - Hit the refresh button from "settings -> About Phone -> Avatar ROM Updates" for download via OTA

AvatarROM is now available for download via ROM Toolbox lite and pro versions. Thanks jrummy.

Checkout the below video, it gives glimpse of Avatar ROM

[YOUTUBE]WRat7hMGoOU[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 4 Android Development] imeem:
so this rom is pretty much as stable as the cyanogenmod nighties/RC?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
Yes. It is based on CM10.1 RC base.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] imeem:
thx. Is there any point downloading Supersu and Busybox? I had Busybox on stock root, but i did not use the app. Also, is it safe to uninstall apps like ROM Manager or will it affect things like OTA?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] bippi79:
No dependency on ROM manager. You can remove it.